All the latest restaurants news for pubs, bars, clubs, restaurants and hotels in the UK hospitality sector and licensed on-trade industry.
Dev Biswal, the owner-chef of The Cook’s Tale (formerly The Ambrette) restaurant and Marrakesh Café in Canterbury, has acquired the fourteen-century Phoenix Tavern in Faversham, in time for Christmas.
Read more...OpenTable has unveiled its 2027 Dining Trends Report, revealing the habits shaping the nation’s restaurant scene including emerging dining hotspots, a growing appetite for everyday dining and becoming a familiar face at a favourite restaurant.
Read more...Restaurants have made a solid start to Autumn delivery and takeaway sales with like-for-like growth of 2.3% in September, the latest NIQ Hospitality at Home Tracker shows.
Read more...Nestlé Professional has opened registration for the Toque d’Or 2027 competition. Lecturers are invited to register their college and put forward budding front-of-house and back-of-house superstars for this year’s competition.
Read more...Two of the most respected names in British venue hospitality have come together. Restaurant Associates Venues and its teams have joined Company of Cooks, creating one specialist brand dedicated to delivering exceptional food, drink and experiences to clients and customers in distinctive cultural, heritage and leisure destinations.
Read more...Businesses across the South West are being invited to discover new products, meet suppliers and gain fresh inspiration as free registration opens for three leading trade events serving the food, drink, hospitality, catering, foodservice, retail and tourism sectors.
Read more...As the weather turns wet and windy, spare a thought for those facing homelessness across the country. StreetSmart’s 2026 campaign launches on 1 November, bringing together restaurants across the UK to raise funds to prevent and tackle homelessness in all its forms, from rough sleeping to housing insecurity among young people.
Read more...Businesses face a £1.5 billion surcharge to help fund relief for other ratepayers after the Chancellor reneged on a pledge to end a temporary 1p business rates surcharge next April.
Read more...Britain’s number of pubs, bars, restaurants and other licensed premises has dropped by nearly 1,000 in the last 12 months, NIQ’s latest Hospitality Market Monitor…
Read more...Pub and hospitality leaders have given Chancellor John Healey’s Autumn Budget a cautious and often critical reception. They welcomed targeted business rates relief and a…
Read more...Hospitality businesses in England are set to benefit from an expanded package of business rates support announced in the Budget, with the Government raising the…
Read more...Hospitality businesses should look beyond December when preparing for the festive trading season, with new analysis from payments platform Square identifying a series of major trading peaks spanning November, December and January.
Read more...The Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) has issued a stark warning ahead of today’s Autumn Budget, declaring that consumers have reached an affordability ceiling when…
Read more...For years, the answer to an empty station in a busy kitchen was often found overseas. According to Home Office data, 6,203 chefs were granted Skilled Worker visas in the year to March 2024, more than any other occupation on the route.
Read more...The National Living Wage is expected to increase by 3.9% to around £13.20 an hour from 2027, with the rate for younger workers rising by…
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